Hatty Pedder was born in the UK in 1969, but spent the majority of her childhood abroad, including a number of years in Dubai during the 1980's.

From an early age Hatty developed a deep love for figurative art – particularly the Pre-Raphaelite movement - and in 1989 she won a place at St. Martin's College of Art & Design in London where she began to develop her unique style. Her narrative, observational work may not betray an overt Pre-Raphaelite link, but the influence of Aubrey Beardsley's beguiling black line figures is unmistakable.

Ironically, the biggest inspiration behind Hatty's complex compositional style is one of the Pre-Raphaelite movements most ardent detractors – English Victorian social painter William Frith. However, in Hatty's hands, this apparent contradiction in artistic influence merely works to create a style that comes across as both freeform and yet immensely disciplined.
At the start of her career Hatty was commissioned by a number of UK publications, including Tatler, to illustrate stories and articles, and in 1994 she moved back to Dubai with her husband and new-born daughter.
Always comfortable moving between various genres and working in different mediums, Hatty took on many artistic and commercial art commissions in the UAE which included producing a wide scope of photographic, illustrative and montage work.

During this time her art was also exhibited at the New Orientalists Exhibition at the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation, and at The Majlis and XVA Galleries in Dubai.

In the last few years Hatty has returned to her first love, painting – quietly absorbing and studying the goings-on at the many events in the Emirates, and building up the body of work that forms the basis of 'The Social Seen' Exhibition which was recently shown at Mojo, and is now being exhibited at Raffles Dubai.